Device used in golfing



July 12, 1949. J. A. VANDAL ,47

DEVICE USED If; GoLFINe Filed Nov. 26; 1947 /7 i M K 2 /0 v l INVEN TOR.

24 2a rise viz .4. Vandal I ATTD RNEYB Patented July 12, 1949 i z 9 9 UNITED STATES" FA'EENT OFFICE 2,475,763 DEVICE USED IN GOLFING Joseph Arthur Vandal, Bismarck, N. Dak. Application November 26, 1947, Serial No. 788,114 3 Claims. (01. 27336) This inve as used by golfers to perfect putting shots in the plate it having a centrally disposed opening H home and particularly on a carpet or the like, representing a cup, tapering sides l2 and i3, and and in particular a cup formed in a flat plate a beveled forward edge i l.

A comparatively small spring 55 is suspended with in which the resilient element is so posiabove the plate I!) by screw eyes 16 and ii and the tioned in relation to the cup or opening that when screw eyes are secured in openings l8 and H3 on a ball is driven so that it will roll into the hole opposite sides of the opening H by lock nuts 23 the resilient element will retain the ball in the and 2| on one side and 22 and 23 on tne other, opening, and when it is driven with too much 19 and with the nuts 2| and 23 on the under side force or so that it will roll toward either side it of the plate the plate may be supported in a slight will not be retained by the resilient element. ly inclined position as illustrated in Figure 3, from The purpose of this invention is to provide an a rug 24 or the like. The screw eyes form posts and the posts are of putting in the living room of a home. 15 suflicient heighth to space the spring above the but these are formed with moving parts and are, on the surface of the ball so that it will exert a therefore, comparatively costly or too complicated downward pressure urging the ball against the ing the spring will be trapped thereby with the to paratively light weight so that it may readily be spring holding the ball against the edge of the carried, packed, or stored, when not in use. pening. It will be understood that modifications may be moved around from place to place. "5 invention.

A further obJect of this invention is to provide What is claimed is: a device for arresting and holding golf balls which 1. A holder for golf balls comprising a base 8 adapted f r us 1 Du practise indoors having a centrally disposed opening therein a which is of a simple and economical construction. horizontally disposed spring extending across said With these and other objects and advantages o opening positioned behind the center thereof, and in view the invention consists of the new and means sup orting said spring in spaced relation novel combination construction and arrangeabove the base and above the center of a golf ment of parts as hereinafter more fully described, ball positioned in the opening in the base whereset forth in the clanns appended hereto, and disin the spring is adapted to hold a golf ball in the closed in the accompanying drawings, forming 45 opening.

I 2. A holder for golf balls comprising a substan- Figure 1 is a plan view of the golf ball arrestor tially flat base having a centrally disposed openand holder. ing therein and having a beveled forward edge, a Figure 2 is a cross section through the holder horizontally disposed coil spring extending across taken on line 2-2 of Figure 1. 5c the opening and positioned behind the center Figure 3 is a view showing an end elevation thereof said spring spaced from the upper surface of the golf ball holder illustrating a golf ball of the plate, a distance greater than one-half held therein. of a golf ball, screw eyes threaded in the base pro- Referring now to the drawings wherein like refviding supporting posts for the spring, and lock erence characters indicate corresponding parts 56 nuts on said screw eyes positioned on both sides of the base and wherein the lock nuts on the under side of the base provide means for supporting the base in an inclined position.

3. In a holder for golf balls, a flat plate hawlng tapering sides, a beveled forward edge, and an opening therein, a horizontally disposed coil spring extending across the opening parallel to the plate and spaced above the plate a distance greater than one-half of a golf ball, posts extending'throughithe plate andyprovidingssupporting meansforithe spring through the-ends'ithereof, and lock nuts on the post positioned on upper and lower sides thereof, said lock nuts on the lower side of the plate providing spacing .means The following referenlces file of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS 10 :Number 4 portion of the plate whereby JOSEPH ARTHUR VANDAL.

REFERENCES CITED are of record in the Name lDate Hughes Apr. 7, 1908 Lueder June 23, 1914 Edmonston June 30, 1925 Long Mar. 1, 1927 Byers Mar. 31, 1931 

